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Ex-minister predicts ‘huge battleground’ over UK’s plan to set Internet content rules (Natasha Lomas, TechCrunch)

The former UK minster of state for what is now the digital and culture department, DCMS, has warned of the looming battle in parliament over...

Tiger Global backs African fintech Mono in $15M Series A round (Tage Kene-Okafor, TechCrunch)

Mono, an African startup that helps connect consumers’ bank accounts to financial applications, has raised a $15 million Series A round, the company confirmed...

Mobile gaming startup Homa Games raises $50 million (Romain Dillet, TechCrunch)

Just days after Voodoo acquired Beach Bum, another French mobile gaming company has news to share. Homa Games is raising a $50 million Series A round led...

Gogoro launches battery swapping stations in China (Catherine Shu, TechCrunch)

Five months after announcing a deal with two of China’s biggest two-wheel vehicle makers, Gogoro officially launched there today, opening 45 battery swapping stations in Hangzhou....

Algeria: Effort to Dissolve Prominent Civic Association (HRW)

Algerian authorities should drop their effort to dissolve a prominent civil society group over alleged violation of the law on associations, five international human rights...

Lebanon: Planning Lapses Endanger School Year (HRW)

The education system in Lebanon is at risk of collapse, with devastating consequences for children, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities’ egregious planning...

Maximizing Highway Infrastructure’s Potential with GIS (Stephen Goldsmith, Government Technology)

Andrew Heath, state traffic engineer for the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), opens our conversation with an intriguing mix of futurism and pragmatism. His view of...

NSA explains how to avoid dangers of Wildcard TLS Certificates and ALPACA attacks (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

The NSA issued a technical advisory to warn organizations against the use of wildcard TLS certificates and the new ALPACA TLS attack NSA explains how...

Moldovan Leftists Protest Arrests In Prosecutor’s Office (RFE RL)

Several hundred people protested in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, against the October 5 suspension of Prosecutor-General Alexandru Stoianoglo in an event organized by the...

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